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Democratic-led coalition says gutting key protections will set US back decades and worsen climate crisis

Trump’s EPA strips itself of regulating ability, gutting Clean Air Act in what experts say is a gift to planet polluters

Trump’s EPA strips itself of regulation ability, gutting Clean Air Act in what experts say is a gift to planet polluters

Energy Transfer, whose CEO is a major Trump donor, named as biggest single methane producer in new rankings

Advocates and experts describe the Trump administration’s climate rollbacks as gifts to polluters at expense of planet

US president announces plans for two new coal plants, in Alaska and West Virginia, using Defense Production Act

EPA found only 27 of 219 plants needed upgrades; 71 later got exemptions as Donald Trump scrapped mercury limits

Without federal climate regulation, fossil fuel industry may be more vulnerable to local lawsuits

Critics accuse administration of ‘cooking the books’ by claiming US would save $1.3tn from climate finding reversal

States who received funding under an EPA project aimed to expand solar energy for low-income communities

Environmental groups laud the regulation, which would advance clean power in the US – if it survives expected legal challenges

Steam-based plants third biggest source of toxic wastewaterPollutants released into water linked to cancer and other illnessThe Trump administration is loosening rules for toxic water pollution from coal-fired power plants...

From tar sands oil to aviation, global business sectors have called for suspension of environmental protections

Of 265 US power plants that monitor groundwater, 242 report unsafe levels of at least one pollutant derived from coal ash

Move is part of a series of rollbacks pursued on behalf of coal interests, decisions scientists say are detrimental to public health